Dexamethasone suppresses gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) secretion and has direct pituitary effects in male rats: Differential regulation of gnrh receptor and gonadotropin responses to GnRH

Endocrinology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 2873-2880

  Rosen, Howard ^a   Jameel, M Lorena ^a   Barkan, Ariel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CASTRATION; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOSOL; DEXAMETHASONE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADORELIN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN WEIGHT; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, LHRH; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0023899825     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-122-6-2873     Document Type: Article

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